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Esper: Pentagon to give respirator masks, ventilators to HHS

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that the Pentagon will provide 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to federal heath authorities to help in the response ...

Mar 17, 2020

Manchester bomber's brother convicted of 22 counts of murder

LONDON - The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, was convicted Tuesday of murder for helping to plan the attack. A jury at Lo...

Mar 17, 2020

Auto workers union presses companies to close US factories

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers union wants Detroit's three automakers to shut down their factories for two weeks to keep its members safe from the spreading coronavirus. But union President Rory Ga...

Mar 17, 2020

China to expel American reporters after US curbs its media

BEIJING - China announced that it will revoke the media credentials of all American journalists at three major U.S. news organizations, in effect expelling them from the country, in response to new U....

Mar 17, 2020

Cinemas close nationwide, studios push new movies into homes

NEW YORK - U.S. movie theatres have closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, turning dark nearly all of the country's 40,000-plus screens in an unprecedented shutdown. The largest chains had...

Mar 17, 2020

French Open postponed until September because of COVID-19

The French Open tennis tournament was postponed for about four months because of the coronavirus pandemic, shifting from May to September. The French tennis federation announced the decision Tuesday. ...

Mar 17, 2020

Ohio Democrats object to delay of state's primary election

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democrats expressed frustration Tuesday and said they were weighing their options after Ohio's Republican elected leaders postponed primary election voting amid coronavirus concerns. ...

Mar 17, 2020

Fed will buy short-term loans to try to ease flow of credit

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve says it will buy short-term loans from banks and companies to support the flow of credit as the economy grinds to a halt amid the viral outbreak. The Fed is reviving a...

Mar 17, 2020

Scratched: Kentucky Derby now set for September due to virus

The Kentucky Derby was postponed until September on Tuesday, the latest rite of spring in sports to be struck by the new coronavirus along with the Masters, March Madness and baseball season. The Derb...

Mar 17, 2020

Volkswagen to close Europe plants for two weeks

FRANKFURT - Volkswagen said Tuesday it would close most of its European plants for two weeks due to uncertainty about demand for cars and supplies of parts amid the virus outbreak and said it wasn't p...

Mar 17, 2020